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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 14.566, cont., 14.557, 14.558)

rubrics in red from 91b; vowelled nesih in a different hand (119a-b), rubrics in red; small, irregular, vowelled nesih (120b-125a); irregular bolder nesih (126a- 162a), rubrics and lines in red, probably by the copyist of the first part; calligraphic nesih (162a-164b), rubrics and lines in red; (8) was completed by Hasan, a katib from the village of Milodraj (?) in 1142 (1729-3); (10) was completed by ‘Osman b. Mustafa in the village of Brestoska (?) in the district of Fo?a (Foca). Acquired from S.H. Alic, Donje Mostre, Yugoslavia, April 1979.

Cod.Or. 14.557 Turkish glosses A folded sheet with a fragment of a Persian poem in mesnevi^ rhyme (2 folios) with interlinear and marginal Turkish glosses, mostly by §em f. Glazed cream paper; 188x117 mm and 120x65 mm, varying; 8 lines; vowelled nesih; a heading, lines and dots in red; undated. Acquired from S.H. Alic, Donje Mostre, Yugoslavia, April 1979. Begins (la): jilj <lL*» fcJ- 3 * io-*» J-» [ u ♦ , A tUU-i <d>l JU-i o*

Cod.Or. 14.558 An iskender-name A quire (10 folios) with a fragment of a poem in mesnevi rhyme, probably an iskender-name. (It is not the well-known one by Ahmedi; at least eight others are mentioned in Levend, see index.) The first section heading (la) reads: 'Tann hazretine celle celalühü yal\armak'\ the last (10b): ‘iskender’ün sakisi sifat . The fragment describes, among other things, iskender’s visits to the legendary Island Wak-Wak, to India, the city of Serendib, and China, as well as his colloquy with a peri. Begins (la):